38The direct nature of that link could not be called into question by the fact, assuming it were to be established, that the contract at issue contained clauses allowing, in certain circumstances, the amount of compensation to be adjusted; nor by the fact that that amount was fixed at a level lower than the open market value, provided that the amount of compensation was determined in advance on the basis of well-established criteria which ensured that it was sufficient to cover the operating costs of NTN (see, to that effect, judgments of 29 October 2015, Saudaçor, C‑174/14, EU:C:2015:733, paragraph 38, and of 2 June 2016, Lajvér, C‑263/15, EU:C:2016:392, paragraphs 45 and 46).
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